Prism Awards 2008
First Prize, Institutional
Heartland Community College
Normal, Ill.
Designer: Youlia Tkatchouk (Honoree)
State Contractor: Illinois Capital Development Board, Springfield, Ill.
Architects: BLDD Architects Inc., Decatur, Ill.
The “Trilogue” mosaic, as part of a green Workforce Development Center at a community college, includes marble tile to fit within the LEED® goals of the project.
The design took the better part of 12 months to create, and strikes an excellent balance between large empty monochrome planes of carpet with a rich variety of mosaic design. The majority of the piece was created offsite in sections that were later brought to the jobsite for final fit and installation. All marble was hand-selected and then chiseled to create the tight fit required for smoothness of design.